filmosophyfor the love of wisdom

CONTENTS

the story

the genre

the characters

the locations

the music

the guidelines

the agreement

the production schedule

the filmmakers

the marketing and distribution

the company

the story

Filmosophy is a series of one-minute films based on the New York Times Bestseller Plato and Platypus Walk into A Bar...by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. The films explore complex philosophical concepts such as Epistemology, Ethics, Existentialism, Logic, Metaphysics, and Relativity through jokes. Directed by a diverse group of filmmakers of different walks of life and artistic sensibilities, respectively each film vignette seeks to visually tell the story of two detectives on a camping trip wrestling with inductive logic in You Idiot! Someone Stole our Tent!, a snail and a stay-at-home dad illustrating relativity of time in What Was all that About?, a believer conversing with God after falling and plummeting into a deep well in Is there anybody else up there?, a doctor who can't see his patient in The Ding an Sich (the thing-in-itself), two cannibals eating a clown inDoes this Taste Funny to You?, a mother predicting her two sons future in Telos (Purpose), an angel granting the blessing of wisdom to a philosophy professor in I Should Have Taken the Money.

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...

the book

the genre

ART HOUSE COMEdy

all that it has to offer: light and dark humor and then some...like enigmatic too and shit. Like thinking comedy and not poop comedy, not there's anything wrong with poop. See below.

the characters

Lupita Nyong'o

Lucy Liu

Morena Baccarin

Freema Agyeman

Chadwick Boseman

Toby Onwumere

Loretta Devine

a snail

the locations

a tent, a door, a stair, a ledge, a ladder, a lake, and A street

locations

the music

RUDE: ETERNAL YOUTH

MEUTE

PASSION PIT

the guidelines (aka Some Wishes)

tone and style

be playfully, unapologetically daring and experimental

be diverse, and multi-culturally aware of cast and crew

be visually surreal or striking (see photos as reference)

be precise and concise in telling your story in one minute (including titles and end credits)

be able to shoot in one day only

be funny!

Technical Specs

Camera Requirements (DCI 4k sensor or UHD 4K or Film--see list of the following approved cameras:

the agreement

Filmosophy is the sole property of Labcoat Meerkat Productions, LLC. and has exclusive rights to commercially sell and/or showcase all contents for theatrical release worldwide, streaming services, online platforms and festivals. In exchange, Labcoat Meerkat will promote the filmmakers' endeavors and artistry while providing a cohesive crew of highly technical cinematographers, equipment, some locations, in order to execute each respective vision. Filmmakers' compensation will be deferred but we will receive full credits. Filmmakers will get five percent of royalties in the event of an acquisition.

Production Schedule

Script Development [July 2019]

Pre-Production [ August 2019]

Production [September 2019]

Principal Photography [October 2019]

Wrap [November 2019]

Post-Production [ December 2019]

Marketing and Distribution [January-May 2020]

Filmmakers Bio

Max Eugene. Co-Director

Max is a Haitian-American, raised partially in Brooklyn. Eugene studied Philosophy, Theaters Arts and Dance at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and earned his MFA in Performance at CalArts where he gained notoriety as a standout in experimental theater and movement technique. In addition to years of production experience, he is an accomplished educator and facilitator. A rare mix of Zen and rapture, Max loves Kung Fu, Philosophy, Dance/Theater, Sports, Scrabble, Dominoes, and Vanilla Ice Cream. He is currently in pre-production for his latest docu-fiction film Spoken Word by Confused Person, a production of Labcoat Meerkat which he co-founded in 2010. Eugene has also been a member of the Big Show Co., an LA dance-theater company since 2011.

Jorge Castañeda. Writer

Jorge was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. After training alongside Max at CalArts, the award-winning actor starred in Dijon, Montpellier, Paris, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and on camera for Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu. It was at this time that Jorge began experimenting with form and function in script. He won the McNair Award for his original ENIGMA, and wrote and produced original scripts for years before co-founding Labcoat Meerkat, a global collective that creates Avant-pop movies with an emphasis on imagination. Jorge is curious and collaborative by nature, without fear of exploring the human experience with other artists. He also works as a political organizer in Los Angeles, including as deputy field director in the Obama 2012 campaign and also a political consultant with Hillary in 2016 most recently with the Coalition to Preserve L.A.

Marketing and Distribution

Premiere

Filmosophy will debut as a gallery exhibit where viewers will be able to experience each vignette on a flat screen tv at their own pace with a pair of headset and later at home via Youtube Originals or Vimeo.

Two-Path Approach

Today we find ourselves in what’s been coined a “Brave New World of Filmmaking,” a world in which a skilled production team can nurture an original brand, harness an audience, engage the festival circuit, and launch a hybrid-distribution campaign. It is with this knowledge that we decisively embrace the following Two-Path Approach.

Film Festival Path

Recognizing the value of screening at a major film festival, we’ve developed a package that sensibly increases our probability of playing at one of these high visibility events.

Target Festival-Option #1

Option # 2

Option # 3

Hybrid Distribution Path

Simultaneously, we’ve prepared a Hybrid-Distribution Path (our Plan B) in which we maintain full rights to our film while collaborating with foreign and domestic sales partners, alternative screening houses, as well as digital distribution agents like Youtube Originals, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon VOD. The goal here is to secure and manage separate deals and revenue streams while maintaining full ownership of our creative content.

LABCOAT MEERKAT PRODUCTIONS - We are a global collective creating Avant-pop films. An emphasis on imagination and a respect for craft activate our stories in word and aesthetic. Inclusive, collaborative, and authentic-adjacent, we are playfully unafraid to explore human experience. We are a unique blend of filmmakers and artists from China, Japan, South Korea, Haiti, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Czech Republic, New York, Los Angeles, and Texas.